NFL PLAYER PHILLIP ADAMS KILLS 5, THEN COMMITS SUICIDE

Authorities in South Carolina have confirmed that former NFL player Phillip Adams was the person who killed five people, including a prominent doctor, his wife, and their two grandchildren in South Carolina, Michelle Liu and Meg Kinnard reported for the Associated Press (AP).

They told a news conference Thursday that they had not yet determined a motive. “There’s nothing right now that makes sense to any of us, said York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson. He said evidence left at the scene of the shooting led them to Adams as a suspect.

He said they went to Adams’ parents’ home, evacuated them, then tried to talk Adams out of the house. Eventually, they found him dead of a single gunshot wound to the head in a bedroom, he said.

Adams had been treated by the doctor, who lived near his parents’ home in Rock Hill, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly. He said Adams killed himself after midnight with a .45-caliber weapon.

The York County Sheriff’s Office said they had searched for hours after Wednesday’s mass shooting before finding the suspected gunman, whom they did not identify, in a nearby home. Dr. Robert Lesslie, 70, and his wife, Barbara, 69, were pronounced dead at the scene along with grandchildren Adah Lesslie, 9, and Noah Lesslie, 5, the York County coroner’s office said.

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